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Post by azenor on Sept 19, 2007 15:33:31 GMT -5
I have reached a brick wall with my CURNOW family in the late 18th century and am hoping that someone may have unearthed a clue that I have not yet found.
William CURNOW married Margaret PEARCE on July 17th 1787 in Lelant.
Phillimore's Marriages states that William CURNOW was 'of Towednack' at the time of the marriage. The mystery is, who was William?
Margaret PEARCE was baptised May 10th 1761 in Lelant, daughter of James PEARCE and Blanch ARTHUR.
William and Margaret had the following children :
CURNOW William (1788-1849)
CURNOW Mary (1789-?)
CURNOW Elisabeth (1791-?)
CURNOW Margaret (1794-1794)
CURNOW Michael (1796-1834)
CURNOW Thomas (1799-?)
CURNOW Margaret (1800-1836)
CURNOW Henry (1802-?)
So was William born in Towednack or did he just reside there at the time of the marriage?
If he was born in Towednack then its possible he would be
William CURNOW bap. June 3 1753, parents John CURNOW and Elisabeth although there are others born around that time in Towednack. There is of course the possibility that he was not born in Towednack at all. So far, not enough evidence to identify William.
I wonder has anyone else come across this couple in their research?
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Sept 20, 2007 17:41:02 GMT -5
This is another 'can of worms' that I am dealing with tonight.  I have dealt a lot with the Curnow clan in my research and this is one that I am still yet to conclude.  It is possible that you may add a further two children here although I am yet to confirm it. Ann d/o William and BLANCH Curnow buried at Towednack 10th March 1804 John s/o William and BLANCH Curnow baptised at Towednack 9th November 1807 No marriage for a William and Blanch has been found (at least not within a reasonable time-frame) and my thoughts have long been that 'Blanch' was an error made when recording details of the two events above. The only logical place I could find for the two children was with William and Margaret and, although I have not recorded it in my database, I suspected that the error occurred because Margaret's mother was BLANCH. Although not having yet identified the parents of this particular William Curnow I suspect the fact that he named a son MICHAEL is very significant.  I have a lot more work to do on the Curnow family but I do believe that I have solved a number of earlier problems that seem to have haunted a number of Curnow researchers over the years. More on this later. I do not believe your William is this man. It is understood that this William married Martha HUMPHRIES at Towednack in 1783 and was buried at Towednack in 1816 at the age of 63. He did, however, have eight known children among whom were William (bp. 1786 at Towednack) and BLANCH (bp. 1798 at Towednack). This now provokes some more interesting thoughts ....  I am going to have to review this information later on but would like your feedback on what I have supplied so far. We have a common goal here - find the origins of this William Curnow.  |
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Post by trencrom on Sept 20, 2007 22:36:58 GMT -5
I have reached a brick wall with my CURNOW family in the late 18th century and am hoping that someone may have unearthed a clue that I have not yet found. While I am not familiar with this particular branch of the family, if you have not already done so you might want to contact Bill Curnow (OPC for Ludgvan) who has done a lot of research on the Curnow family in general. |
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Post by azenor on Sept 21, 2007 6:46:24 GMT -5
Hello Trencrom, Yes, I have been corresponding with Bill Curnow for some years and between us we have not yet solved the mystery of William and Margaret CURNOW. We had hoped some clue would materilise in the form a of a will but nothing found to date. Something will turn up at some point I am sure. Thank you for your help. Hello Cornish Terrier, Yes, I agree with you that the name MICHAEL is significant. I did follow that route some time back and attempted to identify all the Michael CURNOWs in the area so I will have to dig out those notes and let you know what I found. I was also unable to find out what happened to the child Henry, again there may be possible clues there. More later when I get home from work.  |
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Sept 21, 2007 14:15:53 GMT -5
;Dazenor - Please refer to my PM before responding to this so that we may ensure a correct line of enquiry is pursued. I believe I have solved the problem of one of the earlier Michael Curnows but this later lot at Towednack still has me a little baffled. It has not only been Michael - but also a few Thomas and William Curnows who have been causing 'pain'. I think it possible that I may also have solved part of the problems with some of the others but would need to locate and check through my notes to be sure. This problem 'will' be sorted out - (would anyone dare hide from the 'Cornish Terrier' ;D) |
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